LDP boycotts plenary session of lower house

LDP boycotts plenary session of lower house

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows the plenary session of the House of Representatives in Tokyo on Aug. 28, 2012, which the main opposition Liberal Democratic Party boycotted in protest at a move by the ruling coalition led by the Democratic Party of Japan to vote on the debt bill and the bill to reform the lower house electoral system. The ruling party pushed the key bills through the lower house.

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